SPORTS PEOPLE

SPORTS PEOPLE; Comings and Goings

Published: March 5, 1987

The National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame has selected as its Gold Medal and and Distinguished American Award winners Charles (Monk) Meyer, a brilliant triple-threat halfback with Army 50 years ago, and I. M. (Ike) Sewell, an outstanding guard with the University of Texas 60 years ago. . . . Gordon D. Jorgensen of Phoenix has been elected to a two-year term as president of the United States Tennis Association. He previously served as chairman of the United States Davis Cup and United States Open committees. . . . Nate Blackwell, the guard who has averaged 19.9 points a game in Temple's 30-3 season, has been named Atlantic-10 Conference player of the year. . . . With each citing an injury, Jill Haworth-Jones (1,500 meters) of Beaverton, Ore., and Lesley Welch (3,000 meters) of Brookline, Mass., have withdrawn from the United States team for the world indoor track and field championships this weekend at Indianapolis. Diane Richburg (800 meters) of Troy, N.Y., was added to the team.